Ethnography Lab at florida atlantic (ELFA)

The Ethnography Lab at Florida Atlantic and our satellite lab in UPR-Cayey

Founded in 2024, the Ethnography Lab at Florida Atlantic's (ELFA) mission is to support a creative collaborative of qualitative and mixed methods social scientists. ELFA is dedicated to facilitating strong ethnographic work in the areas of sustained climate disruption, zoonoses and human-environment interactions, and political ecologies of community life in South Florida and beyond.

About

We envision a lively virtual and physical academic space anchoring a vibrant interdisciplinary and intergenerational network of engaged scholars doing qualitative and mixed-methods ethnographic research who benefit from training, workshops, lectures, and other public events organized through the lab and produce top-notch, evidence-based publications in a supportive environment.

The goals of our lab are to:

Establish collaborations among faculty, students, and research associates at FAU and beyond our campus.
Train, supervise, and mentor student researchers at the doctorate, master's, and undergraduate levels in ethnographic methods.
Support faculty and visiting researchers working with qualitative or mixed methods research design, implementation, and analysis.
Develop and submit funding proposals, conference panel abstracts, and manuscripts for publication in collaboration with ELFA researchers.
Plan and host public lectures and events, as well as in-lab workshops and writing sessions.

People

Our Co-Directors:


Dr. Adriana Garriga-Lopez		Dr. Katharina Rynkiewich

Research Opportunities

The Ethnography Lab at Florida Atlantic (ELFA) is always looking for students interested in studying people, culture, and everyday experiences.

Contact elfa@fau.edu for more information.

Sample Email:

Dear Ethnography Lab,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is [Your Full Name], and I am a [Your Year, e.g., second-year] undergraduate student majoring in [Your Major] at [Your University]. I am reaching out to express my interest in learning more about potential research opportunities within the ethnography lab.

I am particularly interested in [briefly mention relevant research interests, if known], and I would love the opportunity to contribute and learn more through hands-on experience.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Best regards,
[Your Full Name]
[Your Email Address]

The Ethnography Lab

Email

elfa@fau.edu

Phone

(561) 297-2074

Mailing Address:

Anthropology Department

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Florida Atlantic University

777 Glades Road

Boca Raton, Florida, 33431